Pyrotechnics filled the sky as Carrie Underwood sang Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City” with the band’s iconic lead singer Axl Rose. Not to be outdone by Smokey, two other Robinsons - Chris and Rich of The Black Crowes - took to the Mane Stage just as the elder was wrapping up in the Palomino tent, and anyone who had been craving some jam-band rock during this festival season in Indio finally got it. The brothers Robinson put the jam back in the band And he got the whole crowd to belt out “My Girl,” the number one hit he wrote for The Temptations. With tender hits like “Being with You” and “Ooo Baby Baby,” he had couples young and old embracing and swaying to the music. The 82-year-old crooner wowed an endless sea of fans that stretched well beyond the Palomino tent from the moment he began singing. Legendary singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson united Stagecoach fans of all ages with the melodies of Motown on the Palomino Stage Sunday night. On Friday night, headliner Thomas Rhett launched into a rowdy, sprawling rendition of the Garth Brooks classic “Friends in Low Places” and even brought some friends –country artist Hardy and actor Ashton Kutcher – on the stage to join in. Yola, the British belter who played Coachella and Stagecoach this year, livened her set with a beautiful rendition of Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” Thomas Rhett jams with Ashton Kutcher The audience loved it, didn’t want to see her go and booed toward the end of her 45-minute set when she announced her final song of the night.ĭiplo sent the festival off on a sweaty highĭJ icon Diplo closed out Stagecoach inside a packed Palomino tent, expertly weaving in and transitioning from snippets of such country hits as “Life Is A Highway” and “Before He Cheats” to more classically mixable songs such as Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” and Outkast’s “Hey Ya.” Thousands of country kids who spent all weekend crushing Mich-ultras and dancing to songs about bourbon and trucks lost their minds while screaming every word of the club classic “Get Low” by Lil Jon. Margo Price started her set by riding a horse to the stage to deliver a flawless performance, switching between sounds of Americana and rock, often in the same songs, and playing psychedelic guitar riffs and ’80s synthesizer sound effects. The band played the song “Younger Me” about his struggles to come out as a younger man, and the emotion was heavy, but in a positive way. thanked the crowd for combatting the country music fan stereotype and showing up to support a gay man on the Mane Stage.
belting, Brothers Osborne killed it, and the set had some poignancy as well, as T.J. After a self-admitted terrible set in 2018 due to immense winds that had all that night’s acts struggling, the Brothers Osborne returned with a stellar redemptive set on Saturday night.